It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an ...

In an intensely spiritual moment, Jackie Webb leaned over and kissed the image of Christ crucified Tuesday evening in the ...

The first mass at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church with the Cross of Gratitude present took place Tuesday afternoon. About a dozen worshippers came for the service. The ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

With a declining population, tariffs and some legacy businesses closing, San Francisco's Chinatown has a new plan to survive.

St. Olga, a Yup'ik woman who died in 1979 at age 63, was a midwife, a mother of 13 and the wife of an Orthodox Christian ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

A spokesman for the Church of England said that during candle and incense-burning ceremonies the doors of churches were often open, with people coming in and out. He said many factors would govern ...

They kiss and, in the throes of religious ecstasy, Madonna picks up a knife and stigmata appear on her palms. There are ...

Best incense cones: P.F. Candle Co. Enoki Cedar Incense Cones, $19 A traditional Japanese pick: Nippon Kodo Kayuragi Incense Sticks , $10 French finery: Papier d'Arménie Incense Papers , $8 ...

Ethiopian Church Washington DC A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox ...